The Praise Singer
by Renault, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j in protective sleeve; orange boards clean, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages un
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
Mary Renault was born in London and educated at Oxford. She then trained for three years as a nurse, and wrote her first published novel, Promise of Love . Her next three novels were written while serving in WWII. After the war, she settled in South Africa and traveled considerably in Africa and Greece. It was at this time that she began writing her brilliant historical reconstructions of ancient Greece, including The King Must Die, The Last of the Wine , and The Persian Boy . She died in Cape Town in 1983.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC106901
- Title
- The Praise Singer
- Author
- Renault, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j in protective sleeve; orange boards clean, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages un
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 294
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, historical fiction, Renault
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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